ARBITRATION ACT.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1922, Page 5

ARBITRATION ACT.

PREMIER HINTS CHANCES. MUST REMOVE RESTRICTION!} PRODUCTION HINDERED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invereargill, Last Night. A deputation representing the df'ar-* mers’ Union asked the Premier to-day for the exemption of agricultural and. pastoral employees from the provisions of the Arbitration Court awards and urged that, unless farm labour were excluded from awards, it would be impossible to work farms. Mr. Massey said he supposed there always would be complaints from disaffected parties about the Arbitration. Court rulings, but he thought there was a remedy, and, though he could not tell them what it was, he would be in a position to tell the House what was in-* tended. The Court was going to last, but the legislation must be amended. His own opinion was that the public should be represented on the Court. He had been looking into the experience of other countries and thought some of their legislation might be copied with advantage. If they were to have more production they must remove some of the present restrictions. Much could be done to increase production, and it w*a the public’s duty to help. The haraiMH ing restrictions on wheat-growing most be removed if the industry was to pAHH per.